HAPPY 12 weeks of THANKSGIVING!

I love how my friends and family are all writing us and saying things like "Isn't this the best (blank) ever?" Now, they are cursing. Instead fill in the blank with any of the following: Halloween, Birthday, or Thanksgiving- beacuse they have said them all.

I am sooooo thankful for my amazing Mom who was willing to take the risk involved with mailing something over here to me. She was sneaky about it and very clever. Know what she sent me? A BELLY BAND!!! I LOVE IT! I've worn it since the moment I opened the card up. It's not that my pants won't button, it's that they are very uncomfortable if I do. So now I can just choose not to. I feel like I'm in that awkward stage right now. My belly is poking out, but it just looks like a have a beer belly or something. I try not to wear tight clothes and shirts anyway, but that is getting harder. I don't know, I just feel like my cotton short sleeve shirts are just CLINGING for dear life to my belly. I'm ready for this to be a little more obvious to someone who might not know me. :) My friends mom is in town from Wales and she told me the other day "Wow- you're poking out even further than you were the other day when I saw you." It's true. There's no denying it. It looks much bigger than it did 2 weeks ago.

I'm not so ravenous any more either. I probably could have skipped right over lunch today, but the left over broccoli casserole was just too enticing. And I wasn't even all that into breakfast. To be honest, I'm really glad. I tried to explain my hunger to Chris. As soon as hunger struck it was this all consuming constant drive "MUST EAT EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW." If I didn't have food on me, it was all I could think about. I could not even concentrate on something someone was telling me if I was hungry. I don't think Chris knew what to do with me.

So no real cravings other than a cheeseburger from Mcdonalds. Hopefully our precious Welsh friends will bring me one back after Christmas. I REALLY want one. :) I feel good... no... i feel great. Still been a tiny bit tired, but I just get up around 7 or 7:30 then go back to sleep reading my bible at about 8. I know.... loser, right? This morning I did without my nap. Mainly b/c I didn't have time. I was helping with Christmas party and food distribution for some really poor children in the Dageretti area. It was so fun. I hope to blog on it if I can get some pics from a lady at church this week.

Next week, probably Wednesday-ish, we will go for another Ultrasound. :) I'm so ready. So is Chris. He said "So we'll get to find out the sex?" "No babe, not yet." "He said "oh yea. Not until 22 weeks?" Isn't he precious. You guys, he is SO excited about this baby. He came to me this week and said he's extra thankful for me and that he can't wait to be a family. Just to sit around the house with HIS family.

What else? Oh- Zanzibar is a "no-go." Our plane tickets we thought were going to be $100 ended up being over $700. Instead we will just drive to Malindi ourselves. It's quite the drive. It's actually only about 7-8 hours, but the driving here is... well.... stressful for the fellas. So will stop at a wildlife lodge on the way there to spend one night. We will stay in a nifty tent that has a pool just in front of it. Sounds cool anyway. I don't even care where we go! I just want to get away with my man!! We leave December 5th.

Okay- now for the big-o-beer-belly pic:

brace yourselves kids...

I only wish I could make this picture smaller! Its bigger than you thought huh? Yea- go compare it to last weeks... okay- I'll make it easier for you:

I mean it looks likes I'm sucking in compared to the picture above! I think I did take this picture after I had vomited, but still.

Sorry, I just can't get over this change. Can you tell? I just didn't think I would "show". I'm not exactly the skinnest thing ever ya know.

Alright- Hope you enjoyed week 12. Stay tuned for pics of baby at 13 weeks. :) As soon as I get the report and pics I will post them. They don't just hand them to you like they do in the states. You have to wait a few days. :(